The University of Arkansas gymnastics team scored big on the floor exercise to rouse the announced crowd of 4,552 at Barnhill Arena and lead the Razorbacks to their best season-opening score Friday night.
The University of Arkansas gymnastics team hopes to ride a roster largely driven by seniors and freshmen to new heights this season under third-year Coach Jordyn Wieber.
December 17, 2020
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas gymnastics will begin the year ranked 15
th by the Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA), as the organization released its preseason poll less than a month from the start of the 2021 season.
It marks the 15
th consecutive year the Gymbacks have been ranked in the top 20 in the debut rankings. Second-year head gymnastic coach Jordyn Wieber has noticeably elevated the program since arriving in Arkansas last spring, Arkansas is ranked four spots higher than last years preseason ranking, when the Gymbacks started the season ranked No. 19 by WCGA.
The 2021 University of Arkansas gymnastics schedule will feature a Southeastern Conference only regular season, as announced by the league office on Monday (Nov.23). The season will be comprised of eight meets per school over a 10-week conference-only schedule.